Wilson,+Corey+B1

Cheyenne Corey Kaitlyn Wilson Russia B1

=__**Russia's Flag**__=



=__**The Land:**__= __Caucasus Mountains__ Caucasus Mountains- Mountain chain in Russia between the Caspian Sea and Black sea. Area: 184,359 sq miles. Highest point is Mount Elbrus, Elevation: 18,510 feet. These mountains connect the Caspian and Black seas. __North European Plain__ North European Plain- Main use is for commercial farming, with little vegetation remaining. __Volga River__ Volga River- Widely viewed as the national river in Russia. =**__The Climate:__**= Cold Climate- Russia has very cold and dry winters. In a way, there are advantages to having bitterly cold winters. It prevents other countries from going to war on Russia. Since the conditions are so horrible, many of the other soliders would die because they didnt know how to survive the weather. Some of the soliders limbs would fall because of frostbite. Warm Climate- Russia’s summers aren’t very warm either. They are rather chilly. Summers are usually dry here.
 * __Cold Climate__**
 * __Warm Climate__**

Vegetation- Russia is 75% forests. The Taiga belt is a forest belt that grows in Russia. Therefore only about 10% of land is used for agriculture. Chernosium also grows in Russia. Chernosium is rich fertile soil that is great for farming.
 * __Vegetation__**

=**__The Population and Culture:__**= Matryoshka dolls are dolls that fit inside each other. The first set of dolls were made in 1890. They often have a theme about them that means something. Some examples of themes are fairytales or Soviet leaders. These dolls are also used as a metaphor to show that says “object within a smaller object”. Population- Russia’s population is 143,300,000 as of September 1,2012. Russian Ballet- The theatres began showing ballets in the 19th century. Tickets were inexpensive in some seating sections so the unwealthy could come and watch the ballets also. The first ballet company, Imperial School of Ballet, was opened in St. Petersburg around 1740. Ballet Russes and Mariinsky Ballet are very famous companies in the ballet world. Anna Pavlova and Alexander Godunov were famous dancers back in the day. =**__History and Government:__**= The Russian history is said to have begun around 862. The first russians were the East ern Slavis and the Finno-Ugric people. Slavic cultures ruled Russian culture for a long time. By the 18th century the Tsardom of Russia became the large Russian Empire. Russians standing up against the government. People of Russia standing up for what they believe is right. =**__The Economy:__**=
 * __Early History__**
 * __Revolution and Change__**
 * __Movement for Change__**
 * __Transportation and Communications:__**

The main source of transprotation for Russia is railways. They travel the country in rail cars, but they also export and import goods to and from other countries. Russia has different money than the United States. So when they try to go to trade with us,they are faced with a challenge of difference in money, they have to either change their money into USD, or we have to change ours into their Russian money. =**__Global Issues:__**= Russia's government meeting One of Russia’s global issues is war. Russia was involved in WW2 and WW1. These wars made a big effect on the world and Russia’s economy Russia is facing many problems with their money, Russia is in quite a but of debt: 197,504,289,560 USD it is increasing by the second. =**__CITATION:__**=
 * __Trade and Interdependance__**
 * __Natural Resources__**
 * Has the worlds largest oil reserves
 * Second largest coal reserves
 * 1/5 largest lead reserves
 * Largest reserves of water in lakes
 * Largest diamond deposits
 * Second largest potassium reserves
 * Enormous fish reserves
 * We used either bing images or google images for our pictures.**